Just finished watching this fanfilm, and I've got a few comments.
1 - It could have been called "Star Wars: The Nature Shoot" and still been pretty accurate. The story drags on and on with extended shots of hills, the sky, the ground, and occasionally a brief shot of some very nice CG.
2 - The main character is a wimp. He's not really a wimp, but for approximately 1/4th of his on-screen time he's either sleeping, crying, getting knocked out or fainting. He is constantly on the ground with his eyes closed. It was getting a bit too much like LotR: The Two Towers, where all Frodo does is squeal "The Sam! The Ring!", whilst being as useful as a rotten sack of potatoes. And about as interesting.
3 - Am I the only person on the planet that has a vision of Jedi being able to do more than contemplate and force push? C'mon, let's see some real battles. I forget what book it's from, but there is a novel out there where Luke is thinking about his past battles with Vader, and about the possibility of a full-out force war with, I believe it's the Reborn Emperor. He refers to his fights with Vader as "little skirmishes" between a fledgling Jedi and a weak old man who had lost his connection. He shuddered at the thought of the death and destruction a 'true' battle between dark and light Jedi would bring.
I want to see the Jedi as superweapons. Human atom bombs.
But then, having them as not much more than human is kind of interesting. Naaah.
4 - I liked the Jedi Master's last stand, and how he basically owned half a dozen Sith Wanna-Be's. The combat could have been better shot and directed, but I felt satisfaction when he chopped those lamers down.
5 - For a moment there I thought we would be shown where the 'Skywalker' name came from, literally. I was disappointed.
6 - Wonderful music. I liked the music a lot.
So, overall it's a good film. Interesting, if a bit too long for what it contains. Someday we'll see some super-jedi fighting. I hope.
1 - It could have been called "Star Wars: The Nature Shoot" and still been pretty accurate. The story drags on and on with extended shots of hills, the sky, the ground, and occasionally a brief shot of some very nice CG.
2 - The main character is a wimp. He's not really a wimp, but for approximately 1/4th of his on-screen time he's either sleeping, crying, getting knocked out or fainting. He is constantly on the ground with his eyes closed. It was getting a bit too much like LotR: The Two Towers, where all Frodo does is squeal "The Sam! The Ring!", whilst being as useful as a rotten sack of potatoes. And about as interesting.
3 - Am I the only person on the planet that has a vision of Jedi being able to do more than contemplate and force push? C'mon, let's see some real battles. I forget what book it's from, but there is a novel out there where Luke is thinking about his past battles with Vader, and about the possibility of a full-out force war with, I believe it's the Reborn Emperor. He refers to his fights with Vader as "little skirmishes" between a fledgling Jedi and a weak old man who had lost his connection. He shuddered at the thought of the death and destruction a 'true' battle between dark and light Jedi would bring.
I want to see the Jedi as superweapons. Human atom bombs.
But then, having them as not much more than human is kind of interesting. Naaah.
4 - I liked the Jedi Master's last stand, and how he basically owned half a dozen Sith Wanna-Be's. The combat could have been better shot and directed, but I felt satisfaction when he chopped those lamers down.
5 - For a moment there I thought we would be shown where the 'Skywalker' name came from, literally. I was disappointed.
6 - Wonderful music. I liked the music a lot.
So, overall it's a good film. Interesting, if a bit too long for what it contains. Someday we'll see some super-jedi fighting. I hope.
